Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1889 — A PRIZE FIGHT. [ARTICLE]

A PRIZE FIGHT.

Sfcrty-fltx Bound* in. Five Hour* at North Judaon, Ind.—A Draw. A prise fight for the light weight championship of America—ss,ooo and the diamond belt—between Jack McAuliffe and Billy Myer, of Streeter, ill., took placejrt North Judson, Ind., early Wednesday morning. A crowd of 500 sporting men came, Tuesday night, and all night was spent in getting a place for the contest, the authorities making little effort to suppress. At 6:3 >, Wednesday morning, the fight* began in the Opera House, with Mike McDonald, of Chicago, as referee. At the beginning there was a wrangle ever McAuliffe having plastered his bands under his gloves, which for a time threatened to stop the proceedings. Colville advised McAuliffe to keep the gloves on. Finally he was allowed to put them on. At 6:4C the town Marshal jumped on the platform and informed those present that the fight could not go on. After a long wrangle with the referee and the Sheriff it was agreed to ajlow a boxing match. In the first round McAuliffe led with his left and forced Myer to the ropes, and landed his left on his nose and right on his ribs, the round ending in favor of McAuliffe. In the second round there was an exchange, in which Myer landed on his opponent on the back of the neck, gettieg ip return a stinger in the nose. McAuliffe slipped at the ropes, saving himself from a terrible right-hand swing* ing blow. A .out was claimed but not allowed. The round ended with cautious sparring. In the third round there was cautious sparring at the, opening. McAuliffe led lightly and then landed heavily with his left, receiving a righthander. McAuliffe here rushed. There was an even exchange, Myer getting in a good right-hand blow full in Me Auliffe’s face, which/almost staggered* him

•> For the next five rounds both men fought very cautiously with no particular damage to either, although Myer had a little the best of it. In the eleventh round McAuliffe rushed Myer, two short arm blows being exchanged,the round ending in a clinch. Mac still doing all the" leading. The twelfth round opened with an exchange of short arm blows, ending in a clinch. Mac again led with the left, receiving a stinger in the face before he could get away. In the thirteenth and fourteenth rounds there was some sharp short-arm fighting, McAuliffe changing his tactics and fighting on the aggressive. Then followed five rounds of sparring. In the twenty-first round McAuliffe opened by a rush, landing lightly on Myer’s forehead.ending in a clinch. Myer landed heavily on Mac’s ribs with his right. In the twenty-second both men came up. fresh and strong. Myer’s eyes were blackened, otherwise neither man showed signs of punishment. The round was but a repetition of their past tactics, sparring for an opening. In the twenty-third McAuliffe opened with a rush, landing heavily on Myer’s nose. Some in fighting followed, which resulted in a clinch. Mac ted with his left and again landed on Myer’s face, retting away without a return. Myers barely missed a vicious right and left lunge by McAuliffe, which would have settled the affair.

In the twenty-sixth round McAuliffe opened with a rush, a short arm exchange being followed by a clinch. Both men are in great condition. Time was called for two minutes by Referee McDonald, to show the Sheriff that this was a boxing match and not a fight. The Sheriff then left the hall, after promising if he heard that either of the men were hurt he would arrest every one in the room. In the twenty-eighth round, the town Marshal came in and tried to stop the fight, but after twenty minutes’s delay he was gotten rid of and it proceeded at 9:05 o’clock. . Twenty rounds were fought in quick succession, Myer having a little the best of it, and both men being punished. At 11:35 a. m the sixty-first round had been fought. The battle at that hour had lasted four hours and ten minutes. Neither man showed much puhishment and the betting .zas about even. At 11:40 the backers of the two men were talking of making the fight a draw, but the referee refused and ordered the fight to go on. Afterward he reconsidered and declared the fight a draw in the sixty-sixth round.